Chicken feeder



June 8 .1926.

J.. B. OLSON CHICKEN FEEDER Filed Qct. 23, 1922 -2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I INVENTOR.,..

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JQHN B. OLSON, 015 FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES MANUFAGTUR- I'NG 01E FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN.

CHICKEN FEEDER.

Application filed October 23, 1922. Serial 1W0. 596,239.

My invention relates to improvements in chicken feeders.

' feed tray while feeding.

The primary object of my invention isto provide a sanitary feeder stantially eliminate waste.

A further object of my invention is to provide means whereby chickens will be compelled to leave the floor of the coop in order to obtain access to the feed, and whereby they will be required to stand in a specific position with reference to the which will sub- A further objectof my invention is to provide effective means for preventmg the chickens from roosting on the top of the feed containing box or magazine.

In the dra'wingsz- Figure 1 is a perspective view .of a chicken feeder embodying my invention.

2 is a plan view of the same with the top removed. t

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view, Figures 1 and 2.

Figure l is a similar sectional view showing a modified form of construction adapted to be connected with the wall of the coop.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the same.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

As shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3, the magazine of my improved feeder comprises an elongated rectangular magazine 1 supported with its lower margins within afeed pan within the feed pan and rest upon the bottom thereof. These web members 6 subdivide the magazine into compartments 7-, 8, and 9, the webs 6 constituting partitions within the magazine and extending beyond its side walls and being provided with up-. wardly tapering marginslO. The magazine chambers 7. 8, and 9 have their walls provided with inturned flanges 12 which mg pan. The legs are connected in pairs by cross bars 16 which extend beyond the feed pan and form supports for the feeding boards 18 upon which the chickens stand when feeding.

The cross bars 16 also provide supports for a set of removable trays having inner walls 21 and-end walls 20 adapted to slide underneath the feeding pan 2. The outer walls 22 of these removable trays are ex tended upwardly to a substantial distance above the outerwalls of the feed pan 2 and are provided with inturned flanges 23 and end flanges 24;. These walls 22, with the flanges 23 and 2 1, serve'as guards to prevent grain from being thrown by the chickens from the feed pan 2 to the floor of the coop. Substantially all the grain thrown by the chickens from the feed pan 2 will be caught by these walls and directed downwardly into the associated removable tray, the bottom 25 of which rests upon the cross bars 16.

Feed regulating slides 27 are adjustably secured to the side walls of the magazine. The slides are vertically slotted and are connected with the wall of the magazine by screws or bolts 28. These slides are utilized to support a series of guard fingers 30, preferably composed of wire and which extend downwardly and outwardly with their outer extremities resting upon the upper margins of the walls of the feed pan 2, these margins being also provided with inturned flanges 31 which assist in preventing the chickens from throwing grain from the feed pan 2. The guard fingers 30 are spaced at sufficient distances to allow the chickens to put their heads into the pan, but they are in suficie'ntly close proximity to prevent the chickens from snapping the grain violently to one side or the other as chickens are apt to do if their feeding movements are unrestrained.

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' movable tray for catching and retaining any The guards are preferably formed by bending a piece of wire into a generally mg walls 35 and 36 and vertical flanges 37 which fit slidingly over the top of the" magazine in the form of a removable cover. The apex formed by the converging walls 35 and 36 is covered by a plateor piece of sheet 'metal 40, connected to the cap by bolts or rivets 41 which extend loosely through holes in the plate 40. The upper head of the bolt or rivet .41 limits the tilting movement of the plate 40 while allowing the plate to ti freely in either direction to such an ang e that none of the fowls can retain a footing thereon.

The flat surface of the late and the rela tively thin sharp edges t ereof prevent the chickens from obtaining a foothold, and after a few attempts to find a roosting place on the top of the magazine they abandon the effort. r

Great importance is attached to the regrain thrown by the chickens from the relatively fixed pan 2. It has been found in practice that during a single day, chambers 44; of the removable tray fre uently become from one-third to one-half fil ed with grain which would otherwise have been thrown to -the floor of the coop and largely wasted,

I he grain collected by these removable trays 44 is clean and may be returned to the magazine by removing the cover or cap and ,thenremoving each tray and dumping its contents back into the magazine. 4

To prevent the chickens from dislodging the removable trays, a resilient stop 46 is p'referabl emplo ed. This comprises. a iece of s eet meta secured to the under surace of the associated feeding board 18, and preferably haying its inner margin elbowed tofo'rm;a do 'nwardly extend' flange 47 adapted to b( r against the wa removable tray near itslower mar 'n. 'It will be noted that the magazine chambers 7, 8,. and 9 may bentilized to contain diiferentkinds of grain, ound feed, grits, etc. The chambers 8 an 9 are preferably furthersnb-divided by vertical partitions 50,

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and the chamber 7 is preferably as the main feeding chamber, chambers serving to receive oyster shell, ground bone, grit, etc. It is, therefore, not necessary to provide removable trays for catching material thrown from the end portions of the feed pan 2 beyond-the partiemployed the smaller 22 of the catching receptacle slidably mounted on said the lower portion of the chamber .37 having an inclined wall 59 which also constitutes the back wall of the feeding pan, only one pan being provided for the reason that the vertical back wall 60 of the chamber 57 is connected with a supporting wall or member 61 within the coop. It is preferably removablyconnected with such wall, the latter having screws 62 over the heads of which the feeder may be'hung by. providing the "wall 60 of the feeder with inverted key-hole slots at 63. The ends 64: of this modified feeder are preferably extended downwardly, and the feed board 18 is supported therefrom by bars 65 riveted to the lower marginal portions of the wall 64. The removable trays 44 are similar to the trays 4.4 above (lescribed, disclosed in Figure 41, and the guard fingers 30 and slide 27 are the same as those shown in F gure 1 The top wall 67 of the magazine preferably comprises a cover hinged to the back wall at 68 and inclined downwardly and forwardly at a sulficient angle to prevent the chickens from roosting on top of the magazine.

1. A chicken feeder comprising the combination of a feed pan provided with supporting legs, a superposed magazine adapted 58 is preferably an integral portion thereof,

to feed material progressively-into the pan,

a feed boa-rd supported from the legs outwardly from the tray, and a removable food catching receptacle positioned between the feed board and the pan and having one wall extending upwardly above the pan at a distance therefrom and constituting a baflie for material thrown from the pan.

2. In a chicken feeder, the combination with a relatively fixed feed pan supported at a. height above the ground to prevent chickens thereon from taking food from said pan, ota feed board having spaced supporting bars connected with and extending beneath said pan, and a removable food sup orting bars, saidreceptacle having a wal spaced from and extending upwardly above said pan to direct material thrown from the pan into the receptacle.

H 3. In a chicken feeder the combination with a supporting frame provided with a raised feed board, a relatively fixed pan connected with the frame, a magazine supported from the frame above said relatively fixed anand provided with an open bottom, a eed slide adapted to regulate deliveries from the magazine into said pan, a co-operatmg removable tray adapted to eer/ ee catch material thrown from the relatively.

"margin of the fixed pan and projecting in aid the direction of the outer wall of the removable tray.

l. In a chicken feeder, a supporting frame,

a relatively fixed teed pan, a superposed magazine adapted to deliver material into said pan, a top for said magazine provided with walls which converge upwardly to form a relatively narrow meeting portion, a fiat plate arranged in a plane inclined to the vertical loosely connected to said top above said meeting portion and extending laterally at each side of said meeting portion above the upwardly converging walls, said plate being free to tilt to opposite sides of said meeting portion.

5. lln a chicken feeder, the combination with a relatively fixed feed pan supported at a height above the ground to prevent chickens thereon from taking food from said pan, of a feed board having spaced supporting bars connected with and extending be neath said pan, a removable food catching receptacle slidably mounted on said support ing bars, said receptacle having a wall spaced from and extending upwardly above said pan, securing means for removably holding said receptacle in food catching position.

6. In a chicken feeder a relatively fixed pan, a removable pan, means for feeding material into the relatively fixed pan, means for supporting the removable pain in a po sition to catch the material thrown over one wall of the fixed pan, the outer wall of the removable pan extending above the level of the outer wall of the relatively fixed pan and provided with an inturned flange, and perch means outside saidouter wall whereby the latter is positioned between the perch means and said fixed pan.

7. lln a chicken feeder the combination of a frame having supporting legs, a relatively fixed pan carried thereby, a removable tray adaptedto be supported from the frame in a position with one portion extending under the fixed pan and another portion extending upwardly along the side thereof, a feed board supported from the frame outwardlyfrom the removable and fixed pans, and means iorpreventing fowls from throwing material "from the relatively fixed pan over the outer wallout the removable tray.

8.11s a chicken feeder the combination of a frame having supporting legs, a relatively fixed pan carried thereby, a removable tray adapted to be supported from the frame in a position with one portion extending under the fixed pan and another portion extending upwardly along the side thereof, a feed board supported from the frame outwardly rom the removable and fixed pans, means forpreventing fowls from throwing material from the relatively fixed pan over the outer wall of the removable tray, and a manually operable stop for holding the removable tray in position to catch material thrown over the outer wall of the relatively fixed pan.

9. In a chicken feeder, a feed pan having a relatively fixed means of support above the ground, a feed board associated with said pan, receptacle supporting means extending outwardly beneath said pan, and a food catching receptacle positioned adjacent said pan, said receptacle having a sliding movement on said supporting means to remove the same from said pan, and means for maintaining said receptacle in food catching position adjacent the pan, said means includin a resilient stop positioned in the path of said receptacle to prevent sliding movement away from said pan.

10. In a chicken feeder, the combination with a feed pan supported above the ground, of a roost connected with said'pan, a food catching receptacle removably and slidably connected with said pan, and a spring latch connected with said roost and provided with a shoulder yieldably interposed in the path of withwrawal of said receptacle, whereby to maintain said receptacle in an operative position'for catching food.

11. In a device of the character described, the combination with two pairs of legs, each pair being connected by an upright partition wall extending above said legs, of spaced transversely extending walls connecting said upright walls and providing therewith a central feed compartment, and a set of additional walls disposed exteriorly of each of said upright wal s to comprise therewith an end compartment, together with food supporting means carried by said legs beneath said several compartments and operatively arranged to receive material therefrom.

v 12. in a device of the character described, the combination with two pairs of legs, each pair being connected by an upright partition wall extending above said legs, of spaced transversely extending walls connecting said upright'walls and providing therewith a central feed compartment, and a set of addi-' tionalwalls disposed exteriorly of each of said upright walls to comprise therewith an end compartment, together with food supporting means carried by said legs beneath said several compartments and operatively arranged to'receive material therefrom, said upright partition walls having downwardly diverging margins extending laterally beyond the lower portions of the others of said walls, whereby to provide lateral braces for said compartments. v

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provided .With legs arranged in pairs near the ends thereof, of a set of feed compartments extending longitudinally of said pan and spaced inwardly from either side thereof, braces extending from said legs to said compartments, and partitions in substantial registry with said braces separating the several compartments.

14. In a device of the character described, the combination with a feed receiving pan provided with legs arranged in pairs near the ends thereof, of a set of feed compartments extending longitudinally of said pan and spaced inwardly from either side thereof, braces extending from said legs to said compartments, partitions in substantial registry withsaid braces separating the several compartments, and guar grates connected with the sides of an intermediate compartment, said guard grates being arranged to cover portions of said pan and to provide openings of a size to receive the heads of animals to be fed from said pan.

15. In a chicken feeder, the combination with an upright receptacle and a feed pan therebeneath, of a cap for said receptacle provided with walls upwardly converging to a relatively narrow meeting portion, and a substantially flat plate mounted at the meeting portion of said cap, the cap being free totilt to opposite sides of said meeting portion and being provided with apertures, and headed means connected With said cap and received through said apertures, whereby to provide a fulcrum for the oscillation of said plate, the plate having portions on each side of said apertures projecting over said walls of the top.

JOHN B. OLSON. 

